Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Small and lunular.
- adjective Having crescent-shaped markings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a new moon; narrowly crescented.
- In zoology, having one or several small crescentic markings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Resembling a small crescent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, zoology Resembling a small
crescent .
Etymologies
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See lunula.
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Examples
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Flosculus: a small, tubular lunulate anal organ with a central style, in certain Fulgorids.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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